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Thursday, August 10, 2006 12:00 AM

Politicizing the terrorist plot

Bush supporters are already attempting to squeeze political gain out of the airplane plot in the U.K.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, August 10, 2006 10:32 AM

    smileyy's right

    These types of operations do need to be politicized. The Canadian nitrates seizure, the Holland Tunnel plot, now this. Democrats -- or anyone else who really wants to fight terrorism -- need to point out that it's the world's security services rather than its armed forces that are the best weapon in the "War on Terror."

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